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Social media use amplifies delusional disorders: SFU study

March 11, 2025

A new study from ÓÈÎïÊÓÆµ, led by Biology professor Bernard Crespi and his co-author Nancy Yang, has revealed a close link between excessive social media use and psychiatric disorders involving delusions, such as narcissism, body dysmorphic disorder, and anorexia.  

According to the  in BMC Psychiatry â€“ a systematic review of all available academic literature including scrutiny of over 2,500 publications on social media use and psychiatric disorders – forms of delusions were by far the most prevalent type of psychiatric disorders related to high social media use.

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